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ICANN sets up 'coalition' to address new Internet governance challenges China to tighten hold on Internet, citing worries about nation's stability Network World Daily News AM November 18, 2013 Share this email Latest list: Meet the 10 fastest supercomputers It's that time again – 2013's second and last Top500 report is out, detailing and ranking the most powerful supercomputers on the planet. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. ICANN sets up 'coalition' to address new Internet governance challenges 2. China to tighten hold on Internet, citing worries about nation's stability 3. Sony PlayStation 4 sales cross 1M units on first day 4. IT: Don't let the CEO wonder what you do all day 5. Salesforce.com unveils Salesforce1 platform 6. gogoNET LIVE 4! IPv6 Conference Recap 7. Microsoft CEO search enters endgame 8. Derivatives trading company struck by hackers 9. Snapchat turns down $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook 10. 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READ MORE Sony PlayStation 4 sales cross 1M units on first day Sony said sales of its PlayStation 4 game consoles crossed 1 million units just 24 hours after the device was launched in the U.S. and Canada on Friday, although some users reported some issues with the device. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) FREE 30-day Trial SolarWinds NPM works as your early warning system to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems and outages. Use this early warning system to stop network outages before they affect your users, so you can spend your time monitoring your network rather than supporting your network monitoring software. To find out more about how this early detection system works reference the free, fully functional 30-day trial of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor. Download now and start discovering your network within an hour! IT: Don't let the CEO wonder what you do all day If there's no catastrophic system failure or major software deployment to work on, CEOs might wonder what IT does all day. Here's how to make sure your contributions aren't undervalued when things go smoothly. READ MORE Salesforce.com unveils Salesforce1 platform Salesforce.com aims to establish its image as a full-blown CRM (customer relationship management) development platform built for the world of social media and mobile devices with the launch of Salesforce1, which will be unveiled this week at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. READ MORE gogoNET LIVE 4! IPv6 Conference Recap There have been many IPv6-related conferences, seminars, and events over the past decade. These events have aimed to educate the attendees about IPv6 and the potential of the maturing Internet protocol. This year's gogoNET IPv6 conference shows just how far these events have come. The gogoNET LIVE! events have also evolved into a hybrid on-site and virtual event that brings the conference proceedings... READ MORE WEBCAST: ForeScout Technologies Continuous Monitoring & Mitigation: the New InfoSec Frontier Join CSO publisher Bob Bradgon and a panel of experts as they discuss how new solutions help to leverage existing security solutions through bi-directional integrations. View now >> Microsoft CEO search enters endgame Microsoft's search for a new CEO is entering its endgame, according to a report by Bloomberg. READ MORE Derivatives trading company struck by hackers A Chicago-based company that runs derivatives exchanges said Friday it was the victim of a July cyberattack that compromised customer information. READ MORE Snapchat turns down $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook There are no shortage of startup companies refusing large buyout offers in the annals of tech. Groupon famously refused Google's buyout offer of $6 billion while Facebook famously turned down Yahoo's $1 billion buyout offer. Even more obscure, Dropbox once refused an $800 million offer from Apple. And now, there's yet another name we can add to the list. Snapchat. READ MORE Survivor: Qubit lasts for 39 minutes in Quantum Computing breakthrough [View the story "Survivor: Qubit lasts for 39 minutes in Quantum Computing breakthrough" on Storif READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Stratacache Accelerating In-Store Mobile Apps at Retail In this whitepaper, we examine how on-premise caching technology can take the guesswork out of mobile retailing with staggering results. Learn More. SLIDESHOWS Recent iOS app updates people hate We looked at the top 100 iPhone and iPad apps in the Business category, free or paid, that were last updated in September or October 2013 to find the ones users HATE. 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